Coin-holder.



M. BURN.

GOIN HOLDER.

APPLIO-ATION HLED FEB. 24, 1911.

Patented- NOV. 28, 1911.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MABEL BURN, OF BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA.

COIN-HOLDER.

Application filed February 24, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Serial No. 610557.

'and Useful lm provements in Coin-Holders,

of which the following is a Specification.

This invention re lates to improvements in Coil holders or packages of apermanent character, which is particularly adapted for use by banks,Counting houses and Other business concerns which handle large sums ofmoney.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a cheap, durable andsafe holder for Coin in which the coin contained therein may be easilyinserted or removed and will be almost ent-irely visible.

Another object is to provide a coin holder adapted to hold coins ofdifferent denominations.

itli the above and other objects in view, the present nvention consistsin the combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being' understood that. changesmay be made in the form, proportion, size and minor details withoutdeparting from the spirit or saerificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

In the drawingsz---Figure 1 is a plan view of the inventon in openposition. Fig. 2 is an end view Fig. 3 is detail view. Fig. lis anenlarged detail view.

Referrng now more particularly to the drawings in'which like referencecharacters designate Corresponding 'parts throughout the several views,5 and 6 represent two semicircular members, composed of parallellongitudinal frame bars 7 and 8 and connecting selnicircular end bars 9and 10, preferably of fleXible spring material. The member 5 has itsends open, and the ends of member 6 are closed by disks 11, which may besuitably connected to the semicir- Cular end bars 10 asby means ofspaced spring' clamps 12 on the bars 10. The sides V of the members 5and 6 are inclosed by fiexible reticulated side walls 12' and 13preferably composed of loosely Woven spring wire fabric and which arestretched between and suitably secured to their respective frame bars.Hinges 17 connect the semcircular members' 5 and 6 together. A suitablespring pressed pivoted dog 14, carried by the member 5 is adapted toresilie-ntly engage a Catch 15 correspondingly located on the member 6to retain the holder in closed position. If desired a plate 16 may beprovided upon. which the amount of money contained in the holder may beinscribed.

Having' thus described my invent-ion, what I ,claim is:

A Coin holder comprising two semicircular members having connecting sideand end bars, end disks secured to the end bars of one of saidsemicircular members, side Walls stretched between the side and end barsof each of said members, said side Walls comprising a wire fabric.

In testimony wher-eof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MABEL BURN.

VVitnesses L. VV. ALPHIN, W. F. MARSCHER.

Copes of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressngthe "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. GP

